Add your nameChristians reject Nashville Statement's hateful theology

A group of religious-right activists just released a new theological statement condemning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and purporting to excommunicate Christians who affirm them.

The so-called "Nashville Statement" not only claims that "it is sinful to approve of homosexual immorality or transgenderism" - it says that "such approval constitutes an essential departure from Christian faithfulness."

This statement is making headlines and causing deep pain for LGBT people, so it's time to stand up and show how many Christians repudiate this hateful theology.

Sign the petition:

Like all of humanity, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are made in God's image. The Nashville Statement's hateful words about their identities and relationships are deeply contrary to Jesus' radical embrace of those marginalized as impure by the religious leaders of his day.

There are millions of committed Christians who affirm the relationships and vocations of LGBT people in our churches, communities, and families. Such affirmation and acceptance is not an "essential departure from Christian faithfulness," but a sincere commitment to living out Jesus's ministry of reconciliation in the world.